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Offline kalospiano

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bach and satie + drawings and pictures
on: January 29, 2017, 11:55:33 AM
first time posting my playing here.

My brother is an aspiring artist occasionally publishing his portraits on a French online magazine and having a few galleries of both drawings and pictures on his Behance page.

I've decided to try and help spread the word about his work by showing it in a few videos, where I accompany the images with my piano.

Here's the playlist:

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I play the following pieces:

Bach - Prelude in C Major 846
Satie - Gymnopedie 1 and Gnossiennes 1 and 4

There should be a couple more coming up in a while, one with Schumann's Of Foreign Lands and People, the other with the piano arrangement of a Japanese folk song.

If you feel like it, please have a look and let me know what you think about the drawings, the photos and especially my playing.

I'm aware there are a few imperfections and I would have preferred some quieter dynamics in certain parts, but I made so many takes looking for the perfect sound that I just got frustrated   :-[ I hope it's decent enough!
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Re: bach and satie + drawings and pictures
Reply #1 on: January 31, 2017, 04:35:36 AM
I liked the combination of city fog and the Gnossienne #4.  Very spare & empty. 
The playing has a suitable mood for an empty city. 

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Re: bach and satie + drawings and pictures
Reply #2 on: January 31, 2017, 12:59:15 PM
Nice!

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Re: bach and satie + drawings and pictures
Reply #3 on: February 01, 2017, 08:31:16 PM
Thank you both for your comments.
Indeed when my brother showed me that gallery, I immediately thought about the fourth gnossienne.

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Reply #4 on: February 01, 2017, 11:43:44 PM
Generally, I find art work or videos distracting to the music...... but these are truly wonderfully complimentary.  Congrats to both you and your brother, and thanks for sharing.   I hope you continue the collaboration. 

Have you thought about Debussy as a project?  :)

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Reply #5 on: February 04, 2017, 01:36:45 PM
Thank you very much dogperson, that's very kind.
I'd love to do a video with Debussy too, but for the moment I don't think my brother has any suitable material. Who knows, maybe in the future...
If you have any idea for a specific piece by Debussy and what kind of images would go well with that, I will gladly welcome your suggestions :)

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Reply #6 on: February 04, 2017, 01:45:14 PM
Thank you very much dogperson, that's very kind.
I'd love to do a video with Debussy too, but for the moment I don't think my brother has any suitable material. Who knows, maybe in the future...
If you have any idea for a specific piece by Debussy and what kind of images would go well with that, I will gladly welcome your suggestions :)
 

I have lots of Debussy suggestions, since I am a huge Debussy fan... but one what immediately comes to mind is 'The Sunken Cathedral'    If you read the history in the link below, lots of images would come to mind:  water, marsh, fog, cathedral rising, cathedral diminishing.....   water with ripples without evidence of life.  You're brother would get the general idea, and you would find it fun to learn on the piano (if you don't already play it)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_cath%C3%A9drale_engloutie 


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Reply #7 on: February 04, 2017, 02:16:14 PM
 

I have lots of Debussy suggestions, since I am a huge Debussy fan... but one what immediately comes to mind is 'The Sunken Cathedral'    If you read the history in the link below, lots of images would come to mind:  water, marsh, fog, cathedral rising, cathedral diminishing.....   water with ripples without evidence of life.  You're brother would get the general idea, and you would find it fun to learn on the piano (if you don't already play it)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_cath%C3%A9drale_engloutie 



ita a great one.
I would also suggest Lecuona Ante El Escorial or San Francisco el Grande if you wanted multiple wors with similar and realtes musical imagery :-]

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Reply #8 on: February 06, 2017, 12:32:03 AM
Hi guys, thank you for your advice.
I must admit, though I love both Debussy and Lecuona, these are not my favorite pieces from these composers :) but who knows what the future will bring! I'll pass the suggestions to my brother.
In the meanwhile I'm working on the piano arrangement of a traditional Japanese folk song, coupled with - quite obviously - pics from Japan.
It's something quite different from what I played until now, I hope you'll like it. I'm gonna publish it very soon.
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